About 127 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre are expected to sit for the November/December National Examination Council (NECO) senior secondary certificate examination (external), an official has said.
Monday Chukwuemeka, the Public Relations Officer of the state command of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Thursday.
Chukwuemeka said that the NCoS under the leadership of the Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, was focused on using education as a viable tool for reforming inmates in custodial centres in the state.
“This has resulted in the admission of over 400 inmates into various degree programmes of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) across the federation,” he said.
About 127 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre are expected to sit for the November/December National Examination Council (NECO) senior secondary certificate examination (external), an official has said.
Monday Chukwuemeka, the Public Relations Officer of the state command of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Thursday.
Chukwuemeka said that the NCoS under the leadership of the Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, was focused on using education as a viable tool for reforming inmates in custodial centres in the state.
“This has resulted in the admission of over 400 inmates into various degree programmes of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) across the federation,” he said.
Source: (NAN)